Travel Blogs from Beaver

... from your (company) rental and fired. If you died in a mining accident, the other miners tossed your body to the side and hauled you out at the end of the shift. Widow and children got nothing in compensation.

The guide, who himself worked in the coal mines in West Virginia for 26 1/2 years, told us th.at today, mining is made much more attractive by much larger salaries--$75,000 - $100,000 a year--but that it isn't worth it. You don't have to ...

... settled for ponchos, which we acquired for a dollar apiece at the dollar store.

After our exciting shopping spree, we went to dinner at a Yelp-Recommended BBQ joint called a Taste of Memphis. The food was pretty good and the decor was entertaining (check out the photos). Turned out that there was a geocache 20 meters from the table at which I was sitting when I checked the geocaching app, so I ...

... not participate fully due to cramps :/ worse thing ever... not being able to climb on a trip that was supposed to be flawless.. Its okay though, I gathered enough composure to crush a 10! On top rope...but still! It was fun.

We finished up and headed to the famous Pies and Pints, The local pizza joint with delicious grape pizza. We all shared a couple pies and a few pints with Fox and his friends before going back to camp. It was still raining so we ...

... record of birth. I say attempted, since there was no entry for his birth in their records. So now, we are back to square one. However, she was able to point me to a central entity in the state government that assists folks in locating personal records.

After leaving the Court House, we decided to take the less scenic route back to Beckley, but it proved to be more scenic than the drive over as we paralleled the New River, and the ...

... for when they got back. We set up camp and took off to the local pizza joint. Pies and Pints was incredible! It had the most unique flavors of pizza, the one that stood out most was the grape pizza. Delicious, who would have known?? After pizza and beer we headed back to camp and went to bed early hoping to get an early start the next day.